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November 22, 2024

Donut shop fundraiser nears $70K

A beloved Gilroy donut shop hit with a family tragedy has been overwhelmed with community support. The Hok family own Gilroy Donut House at 703 First St. While the husband and wife have been dealing with their own health challenges, their 29-year-old daughter, Kim, suffered...

Two UNFI employees return to work after COVID-19 recovery

Two employees at United Natural Foods’ Gilroy distribution center that tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and returned to work, the company confirmed. UNFI spokesperson Jeff Swanson said the positive test was communicated to all employees at the facility, and company officials used a “contact...

Gilroy shops hope for support through gift cards, orders

When Bruce Haller, who owns Café 152 Bread Co. with his wife Audrey, filled out the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce’s COVID-19 business impact survey, he was candid in his answers. “I said I’m looking for a prayer and a song,” he said. Since the shelter-in-place order...

‘Essential’ auto repair shops remain open

Many people choose to ignore the check engine lights on their vehicles, that finicky blinker or other maintenance issues, thinking that taking it to the shop for repairs would require them to be without their only mode of transportation for days on end. However, with...

Gift card website launches for Gilroy businesses

With many businesses closed due to the shelter-in-place order, some, such as restaurants, are relying on delivery orders. Others, meanwhile, are counting on online purchases, if they have such an option available. But there is one source of revenue—gift cards—that many are missing out on...

Pizzeria donates to first responders

The amount of work the staff at St. Louise Regional Hospital puts in 24/7 is exhausting, to say the least, but those on the front lines know how critical their role is during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, the first responders, doctors, nurses, support staff and...

PHOTO: View from the sky

Many have seen the economic impacts of California’s shelter-in-place order from the ground in the form of empty parking lots and minimal traffic. But the view from the air paints a much more drastic picture. Julie and Pat Belanger, owners of The 111th Group...

Christopher Ranch takes new approach to social media

As the decade turned but the scars of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting the year before still lingered, Christopher Ranch realized that Gilroy needed something to smile about again. With people stuck in their homes as the COVID-19 outbreak grips the world, laughter and hope...

Taproom approved for downtown Gilroy

Once the COVID-19 outbreak passes, Gilroyans can look forward to a new place to unwind with a beer and friends after a long day of work. The Gilroy Planning Commission approved a permit on March 12 to allow Bitter TapHouse to operate a 50-seat beer...

Gilroy bookstore hopes for another chapter

It’s been three-and-a-half years since BookBuyers opened in downtown Gilroy after two decades in Mountain View. The 9,000-square-foot store, with its inventory of more than 300,000 books spanning every genre the mind can imagine, is run by husband-and-wife owners Hotranatha and Punita Ajaya, and a...

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